Monivea bog part of widespread illegal turf cutting, report claims

 By TONY GALVIN

A NEW report on the controversial issue of turf cutting on protected bogs has highlighted a major infringement of the law at Monivea bog where Gardai and Wildlife Rangers are monitoring, but not yet taking action to stop, large-scale turf harvesting.
The Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) has published a report entitled ‘Defending Ireland’s Protected Raised Bogs from Illegal Extraction’, which it says shows that at least a third of Ireland’s 53 active raised bog sites have been mechanically cut so far this year and 17 of the 22 protected raised bogs surveyed from the air last week by them have been recently cut.

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